Saturday Project

This is my 50 meter bush range. The 500 meter range is perpendicular down the poleline, but due to it being more exposed, I use portable tables and backstops and set-up and remove each time.
 
Here it is in place. My 1000 yd range runs crossways across the top of it.

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Something I won’t have again, a range behind the house. Wife’s got me anchored somewhere we can see the ocean and that doesn’t correlate with shooting from the back porch anywhere around here sadly. Was a hard habit to give up when we moved back south from the north, and is the one thing I really miss. Still shoot at camp when working and bring my field handloading kit. I couldn’t imagine developing loads when I have to drive to a range to test them, want to load three and run them through the chrono and group, then change .1 gr or OAL and do it again. If it was a few hours away from the house as it is here to do the round trip, set up, and shoot I’d probably only shoot factory. :d

So in long form, saying I’m envious of your guys’ home ranges and setups.
 
I like the setup Hoyt! I might have to copy that roof. Mine is similar bench, but more open shooting like Chuck's, with targets at 100 and 300 yds. I could use a shelter to get out of the sun.
 
Ardent said:
Something I won’t have again, a range behind the house. Wife’s got me anchored somewhere we can see the ocean and that doesn’t correlate with shooting from the back porch anywhere around here sadly. Was a hard habit to give up when we moved back south from the north, and is the one thing I really miss. Still shoot at camp when working and bring my field handloading kit. I couldn’t imagine developing loads when I have to drive to a range to test them, want to load three and run them through the chrono and group, then change .1 gr or OAL and do it again. If it was a few hours away from the house as it is here to do the round trip, set up, and shoot I’d probably only shoot factory. :d

So in long form, saying I’m envious of your guys’ home ranges and setups.
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My range was wet in the spring, so I brought in a mini excavator and dug a moat down the drainage and built a bridge across, the past couple years it has been bone dry right from snow melt and after torrential rains... I tell myself it was worth it to pick up a few extra days and to have dry feet... but I have lots of rubber boots, so the argument is as tenuous as most of the reasoning I use for new rifles. ;)
 
blargon said:
I like the setup Hoyt! I might have to copy that roof. Mine is similar bench, but more open shooting like Chuck's, with targets at 100 and 300 yds. I could use a shelter to get out of the sun.
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The deck and frame were an old tarp shelter I salvaged from a garage job, the sheeting was salvaged from another demo, then just tarped it... I do a fair amount of shooting on rainy days, and a few friends bring their kids/grandkids out for impromptu "for fun" rimfire competitions.
 
hoytcanon said:
My range was wet in the spring, so I brought in a mini excavator and dug a moat down the drainage and built a bridge across, the past couple years it has been bone dry right from snow melt and after torrential rains... I tell myself it was worth it to pick up a few extra days and to have dry feet... but I have lots of rubber boots, so the argument is as tenuous as most of the reasoning I use for new rifles. ;)
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Sounds like a the biggest goat hunter I know, no half measures. :d
 
chuck nelson said:
Here it is in place. My 1000 yd range runs crossways across the top of it.

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Nice set up.

Have plenty of room basically a mile, but the convenience of the rifle range is nice. Automatic gates, solid benches, covered roof, backers and someone even empties the garbage.

What’s not to like? Don’t like my kids under 12 shooting beside someone no need for the noise or muzzle blast at their age.
 
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